That is effectively what our story in June said, but GM were having none of it. But they’ve changed their tune and admit that the Volt will, under certain circumstances, have power going from the engine to the wheels. Is that a big deal? No, it’s exactly what existing hybrids do, but it makes a bit of a nonsense of the assertion that the Volt is range extender electric vehicle. It’s not

Where that leaves Vauxhall and Opel and GM with their big marketing plans for the Volt, we really don’t know. Because as far as we can see this isn’tr really much different to a Prius.

As the man from Toyota said some time ago: “The Volt is powered by Vapourware”